NEW YORK -- The Dodgers overcame a rusty return from the disabled list by Clayton Kershaw Saturday night, as pinch-hitter Matt Kemp slugged a grand slam and rookie Caleb Ferguson picked up his first Major League victory in an 8-3 win over Jacob deGrom and the Mets.
Kershaw -- who used a threatening weather report for Omaha to lobby management to scrap a scheduled Minor League rehab start and let him pitch against the Mets instead -- lasted only three innings and was scored upon in two of them, striking out four but needing 55 pitches and allowing five hits.